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Child Mauled to Death.

A toddler was mauled to death today after falling into the African painted dog exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo.
The boy, who was around 3 years old, fell 14 feet over a railing and into the exhibit, said Barbara Baker, director of the Pittsburgh Zoo.
“Visitors alerted the staff immediately and they went into emergency response mode,” she said.
Zoo officials tried firing darts to scare the dogs away from the child, but the animals, which are pack hunters, did not immediately respond.
The dogs were eventually moved from the exhibit, with the exception of one, which had to be shot by a police officer after it continued to “be aggressive” to the boy, Baker said.
“Unfortunately by the time EMTs were able to get to him, the boy had passed away,” Baker said.
The zoo has been closed until further notice.
The identity of the boy, who Baker said was visiting the zoo with his mother and family friends, has not yet been released.
“We’ve had the exhibit up since 2006 and we have not had any issues with the dogs,” Baker said. “This is a tragic accident.”
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I can't even imagine watching something like that actually happening to my own child. I would have most likely jumped right after him/her.

Re: Child Mauled to Death.

Re: Child Mauled to Death.

I feel terrible for the family but how did that child manage to fall in that exhibit? I can imagine that the fences must have been high enough and a toddler can't climb over that. So how did the child fall? Was the child put on the railing?